TD Victoria International JazzFest: case/lang/veirs

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Tuesday, June 28th, 2016
7:30 PM

Reviewing her recent, career-spanning boxed set ‘Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule,’ (Anti-) New York Magazine praised Neko Case’s journey “from small-town fables…to baroque pop grandeur.” Along the way she has earned three Grammy nominations, cracked the Top 5 of the Billboard 200, and lent her voice – which the New York Times Magazine calls “a force of nature” – to outlets ranging from the Cartoon Network’s Aqua Teen Hunger Force to the ‘Hunger Games’ soundtrack.

Platinum-selling, four-time Grammy winner k.d. lang is a genre unto herself, unapologetically blurring the lines between country, punk, jazz and beyond. No stranger to collaboration, she has recorded in the past with everyone from Loretta Lynn and Kitty Wells, to Elton John and Tony Bennett who declared her “the best singer of her generation.”

Laura Veirs has drawn on an abiding love of classic country and folk music and a poet’s eye for detail to build a singular catalog that ranges from a childrens record to a film soundtrack and more. Her “elemental” (Pitchfork) 2013 album ‘Warp and Weft’ was something of a predecessor to ‘case/lang/veirs’ with contributions from both Case and lang.

Tickets at: www.rmts.bc.ca/events/case-lang-veirs-2016-royal-theatre